LUDLOW – A 32-year-old Ludlow man was arrested on drug charges Tuesday morning after police found 22 pounds of marijuana, several oxycodone tablets, some ammunition and $32,000 in cash during a search of his residence at 65 West Belmont St., Ludlow police said.

William J. Smith was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of oxycodone, and possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card, police said.

Ludlow police were called to the residence on West Belmont St., by members of the state police Fugitive Apprehension, who had gone to that address to serve an arrest warrant, police said. The person named in the warrant was not present, but state police spotted evidence of drugs in plain sight in the residence, police said.

Ludlow PolicePhoto of marijuana and money seized by Ludlow police from raid Tuesday at 65 West Belmont St.

Ludlow police sealed off the house and then applied for a district court search warrant. Once it was granted, they searched the property and found the drugs, pills, cash and bullets, police said.

No weapon was found on the property.

The marijuana had an estimated street value of between $25,000 and $30,000 police said.

Smith was not the person named in the state police arrest warrant, Ludlow
police said.